Vigen ( hy, Վիգեն, in
Western Armenian Վիգէն, pronounced Viken), is an Armenian masculine given name.
Vigen or Viken may refer to:
People
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Vicken Cheterian
Vicken Cheterian (Western hy, Վիգէն Չըթըրեան, Eastern hy, Վիգեն Չըթըրյան) is a Lebanese-born journalist and author, who teaches international relations at Webster University Geneva. He has also lectured at University of ...
, Swiss–Lebanese journalist and author
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Viken Berberian
Viken Berberian is a writer and essayist whose works rely on satire and defy easy categorization. Berberian's fiction and essays have appeared in print and online in ''The New York Times'', ''le Monde Diplomatique'', ''Foreign Affairs'', ''Financ ...
, American satirist
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Viken Babikian
Viken L. Babikian is an American doctor of Armenian origin and professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine.
Babikian received his undergraduate degree from the American University of Beirut, and his M.D. from Northwestern Univer ...
, American doctor of Armenian origin
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Vigen Chaldranyan (born 1955), Armenian actor and filmmaker
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Vigen Derderian
Viguen (born Viguen Derderian, fa, ویگن دردریان, ''Viguen Derderyân''; hy, Վիգէն Տէրտէրեան, ''Vigen Tērtērian''; 23 November 1929 – 26 October 2003), known as "King of Iranian pop" and the "Sultan of Jazz", was an ...
(1929–2003), Iranian singer and actor of Armenian descent, popularly known by the mononym
Viguen
Viguen (born Viguen Derderian, fa, ویگن دردریان, ''Viguen Derderyân''; hy, Վիգէն Տէրտէրեան, ''Vigen Tērtērian''; 23 November 1929 – 26 October 2003), known as "King of Iranian pop" and the "Sultan of Jazz", was an ...
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Vigen Sargsyan (born 1975), Armenian politician, and Armenian government minister
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Lasse Vigen Christensen
Lasse Vigen Christensen (; born 15 August 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club ADO Den Haag.
Club career Early career
Born in Esbjerg, Denmark, Christensen began his football career at Esbjerg fB at age ...
(born 1994), Danish football player
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Ola Vigen Hattestad
Ola Vigen Hattestad (born 19 April 1982) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 2002 through 2018. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he became Olympic champion in the individual sprint event at Sochi in 2014.
Career
Hattes ...
(born 1982), Norwegian skier
Other uses
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Le Vigen, a commune in France
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Vigen Cliffs
Vigen Cliffs () is a set of cliffs rising to about 5,741 ft (1,750 m) to the east of Gabbro Crest on the Saratoga Table in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica.
It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( ...
, Antarctica
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Terje Vigen
''Terje Vigen'' is a poem written by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1862. Much of the story and setting is from the area around the town of Grimstad in southern Norway where Ibsen lived for a few years in his youth. It describes the dramatic saga o ...
'', a poem by Henrik Ibsen
See also
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Viken (surname) Viken is a Norwegian surname that may refer to
* Gunnar Viken (born 1948), Norwegian conservative politician
* Jeffrey L. Viken (born 1952), American judge
* Tore Viken Holvik
Tore Viken Holvik (born 21 October 1988) is a Norwegian snowboarder ...
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Armenian masculine given names